Tie straightener



- 1,637, 9 F. R. VAN HOUTEN 39 TIESTRAIGHTENER Filed Oct. 30. 1925 I flttowago,

,Patente d AugQZ, 1927,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed October 80, 1925. Serial No. 65,887.

This invention relates to a device designed for stretching neckties to remove wrinkles which are prevalent in a tie after it has been worn. I

I An important object of the invention is to provide a necktie stretcher formed of a'single length of resilient metal, the same being constructed in such a way that an outwar pressure will be directed to the side edges of the tie to stretch the same.

A still further object of the invention is :to provide a device of this character which may be employed for stretching wide or narrow ties. i t

view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes 'in the precise embodiment ofothe invention J herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of hat-is claimed,'without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a stretching device constructed in accordance with the invention as positionedin a. tie. i I I Figure 2 is a perspective view of the stretching device. Referring to the drawing in detai1,;the stretcher includes a length of substantially flat metal bent intermediate its ends as indicated at 5 to provide the leg members 6 and g '7 respectively. The leg members 6 and-7lie in closeen- With the foregoing and otherobjects in gagement with each other at a point adjacent to the portion 5 so that the device will present a relatively flat surface to insure x against wrinkles being formed by the stretcher, at'this point. i

From the foregoing it will be seen that the leg members 6 and 7 will normally lie in a position as shown by Figure 2, to the end that when the'de vice is inserted within the open end of a necktie, the outer edges of the leg members 6 and 7 will be forced into en- A tie stretcher embodying a length of flat metal bent intermediate its ends, to provide leg members, the adjacent faces of the leg members contactin with each other throughout portions of thelr lengths, the free ends of I the leg members being arranged in spaced relation with each other, and the inner, adjacent faces of the leg members lying in the same plane. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature. a 1

FRANCES a. VAN HOUTEN. 

